“We are giving a hamper with essential items like cooking oil, sugar, salt, tea leaves, onions, maize and millet flour, rice, multipurpose soap, multipurpose biodegradable washers, and reusable sanitary towels,”
With some sectors of the economy opening, many have tried to readjust themselves recovery mode. Some have gone back to work while others are seeking ways to fend for themselves.
In Mpigi District, philanthropists are looking at ways in which livelihoods can be salvaged. An organization called ‘Better Places’, is working around social enterprise to help with income generation for the communities within.
They are delving into providing purely organic and mildly scented mosquito repellent to eliminate Malaria in Africa. They are transforming waste bags into sustainable, durable, waterproof, and affordable bags. Because this provides natural and sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics while creating employment.
The group is also empowering the marginalized girls and women with skills to counter unemployment and boast their economic knack. This they are doing in partnership with The Gejja Women Foundation, a community-based women's cooperative in the District.
They have since started the production of essentials like soap, biodegradable washers, and reusable sanitary tools are products that we as social enterprises produce.
“We hope to work with more organisations and individuals to increase our current capacity and provide the needed help for many more families,” read a statement from management.
Even as they look at the post-COVID world, they are aware of the dire need for food among populations that lost sources of income during the lockdown.
“We are giving a hamper with essential items like cooking oil, sugar, salt, tea leaves, onions, maize and millet flour, rice, multipurpose soap, multipurpose biodegradable washers, and reusable sanitary towels,” they maintained.
Today, they are supporting local farmers within Mpigi District to generate an income by buying all the relief food from the local farmers.
By CivSource Team